I saw that one back in the day, but it's great to see it again. It really captures how much a journey Undertale is. There's not much filler, every place feels real and populated with distinct characters. Not many games pull that off so well (though, appropriately, Journey is one of them.)
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You know what? Nanowrimo's cancelled on account of the world is stupid.
The sad thing is that the Undertale geek in me immediately nitpicked the details of the cartoon, then came up with semi-plausible explanations for how they could have happened per the Undertale universe rules.
You know what? Nanowrimo's cancelled on account of the world is stupid.
I kind of really like how this whole Vriska/John thing has been progressing and i probably like Terezi/Dave's thing even more. They're all having really good interactions and I like how Terezi is pushing Dave to just fucking do things to help himself instead of being a better person in the future.
i absolutely could not stop laughing at Vriska falling in love with Nic Cage. Amazing.
i'm...worried about rose. super worried about rose? rose hon please stop conversing with dark gods that's not a good idea please stop
AlterniaBound was super cool!! I really liked all of the sprites, everything was super cute, and TEREZI'S DRAGON ROBE THING OH MY GOD!!!!!!
equius needs to quit being so goddamn horny all the time
UH JADE DOESN'T HAVE A DREAM SELF AND I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT ALL THIS DARK GOD NONSENSE I HATE IT. Her removing all of her reminders was just...man she went from having so much to having nothing in the span of like, an hour. I'm glad Feferi kinda took care of her a bit, or at least tried to calm her down?
Holy fuck the Karkat/Jade memo. KARKAT REALLY DOES HATE HIMSELF DOESNT HE
It's really good, all the memos from this time around were really good.
i cannot believe it took until the middle of 5.2 to get Jade in but we finally did it!! She made it!
OH BOY THIS WHOLE BEC NOIR THING SEEMS REAL FUCKING BAD. Like...Bec was basically a literal god? Karkat seemed to think that it was Jade that pushed Bec in there and that it's John's fault and man. There's a lot of confusion. Vriska is right though when she says that he's already there and that her actions effectively amount to nothing. And Bro and Davesprite are dead as fuck!
Also I'm glad John has his wind powers now. Or, did a wind thing. He did the one thing and I'm proud of him.
As Luke and Ashley continue to wind their way through The Felt's mansion, more of its secrets are slowly exposed. Who is Lord English? What's the deal with Snowman? How is Spades Slick connected to Jack Noir? Along the way, Luke taunts Ashley with all the Homestuck Secrets he knows, and the two take a moment to present a very important PSA.
Ashley and Molly return from their brief flirtation with fourth wall breaking to talk to more trolls, take some shortcuts and crash into Rose's house. Presents are opened, secret PTA meetings are held, questions are asked and big men have the answers.
Dangit Ashley, way to scoop me on "Let Me Tell You About LOWAS"!
Ashley and I take our first, stumbling steps out into the Land of Wind and Shade. We learn about secret wizards, crumpled hats, and the sacred nature of frogs. Before we can even stop to catch our breath, Rose enters her own world, the Land of Light and Rain. As she fondly regards the Lisa Frank notebook she's been banished to, Dave and Jade get to work setting up Dave's session, and our friends in the distant future bask in the glow of the human emotion called friendship.
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YO FUCK TAVROS THAT WEAK ASS STRAIGHT WHITE BOY TEXTS SENDING MOTHER FUCKER
Okay, this was funny, but really:
(I'm doing this from memory so I might end up leaving some things out, but it wasn't that many pages anyway)
man the lower enemies having Bec powers is real bad.
BOY THIS WHOLE THING WITH DAVE DOUBLE SERVER-ING SEEMS BAD but they don't really have any other options at the moment? Everything I kinda flip out about usually ends up being nothing though.
So... The only way to go god tier is to have a dream self. Jade already lost hers, Rose is planning a suicide mission with hers, Dave seems to be unwilling to get the job done, and John got tricked into getting himself killed on his quest bed to ascend. This seems fairly dire for the kids! They probably all need to get stronger to even think about fighting Jack!
Seriously fuck Tavros tho, I've turned all the way around on him.
I thiiiiiiink that's it? I don't know if there's anything else I should mention. Lots of cool shit happening! There's a whole secret wizard cult now! It's adorable!
YO FUCK TAVROS THAT WEAK ASS STRAIGHT WHITE BOY TEXTS SENDING MOTHER FUCKER
Okay, this was funny, but really:
(I'm doing this from memory so I might end up leaving some things out, but it wasn't that many pages anyway)
man the lower enemies having Bec powers is real bad.
BOY THIS WHOLE THING WITH DAVE DOUBLE SERVER-ING SEEMS BAD but they don't really have any other options at the moment? Everything I kinda flip out about usually ends up being nothing though.
So... The only way to go god tier is to have a dream self. Jade already lost hers, Rose is planning a suicide mission with hers, Dave seems to be unwilling to get the job done, and John got tricked into getting himself killed on his quest bed to ascend. This seems fairly dire for the kids! They probably all need to get stronger to even think about fighting Jack!
Seriously fuck Tavros tho, I've turned all the way around on him.
I thiiiiiiink that's it? I don't know if there's anything else I should mention. Lots of cool shit happening! There's a whole secret wizard cult now! It's adorable!
I remember kind of obsessing over the whole god tier and dreamself stuff back in the day. I got real worried for those damn kids.
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I still wish we had dug more into the whole powers/challenging your mindset/ultimate fate thing god tier had going on
Mostly because what little we did get was fantastic
I still wish we had dug more into the whole powers/challenging your mindset/ultimate fate thing god tier had going on
Mostly because what little we did get was fantastic
I would have been real interested in the version of Homestuck that spent more time exploring Sburb As She Is Played instead of subverting it. Maybe the adventure game will get into that more.
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I still wish we had dug more into the whole powers/challenging your mindset/ultimate fate thing god tier had going on
Mostly because what little we did get was fantastic
I would have been real interested in the version of Homestuck that spent more time exploring Sburb As She Is Played instead of subverting it. Maybe the adventure game will get into that more.
I dunno if i need THAT per say
It just seemed like a good vehicle for emotional exploration and resolution, which is the the thing Homestuck was at it's best when focusing on
Outside of that the mechanics of SBURB aren't very interesting
I still wish we had dug more into the whole powers/challenging your mindset/ultimate fate thing god tier had going on
Mostly because what little we did get was fantastic
Further God Tier spoilers
At the same time, I completely buy Dave's line about those very constructs only working to their fullest for John, and to a lesser extent for Jade and Roxy, because they're the ones who can non-critically engage with them.
I still wish we had dug more into the whole powers/challenging your mindset/ultimate fate thing god tier had going on
Mostly because what little we did get was fantastic
Further God Tier spoilers
At the same time, I completely buy Dave's line about those very constructs only working to their fullest for John, and to a lesser extent for Jade and Roxy, because they're the ones who can non-critically engage with them.
Maybe!
Then again, Dave's insecurities don't exactly serve his best interests so it's hard to say if SBURB is being reductionist or actually trying to encourage people to be better
For someone who doesn't think he's a hero he certainly exhibits all the qualities of heroism that matter
I get that she's basically tortured him his whole life but that whole interaction with Jade really made me not like him. That's definitely the most mra friendzoney shit and Jade was trying to be so nice and he was not getting it
The thing with Vriska reaching God tier is so awkward and I barely know what to think of it other than "just do the fucking thing, kid." But... He ran away instead. Not a big fan of the move but I get it.
I get that she's basically tortured him his whole life but that whole interaction with Jade really made me not like him. That's definitely the most mra friendzoney shit and Jade was trying to be so nice and he was not getting it
The thing with Vriska reaching God tier is so awkward and I barely know what to think of it other than "just do the fucking thing, kid." But... He ran away instead. Not a big fan of the move but I get it.
All the trolls at least start out as some sort of awful internet person and Tavros' template is absolutely "Nice Guy." No self-confidence, yet feels like he's entitled to being treated better by people, which isn't even necessarily wrong but the way he goes about trying to apply the lessons he learns about "confidence" are just terrible. I do feel bad for how he gets treated at times but that doesn't excuse how he behaves when finally does take some agency in a conversation.
The Vriska thing, I totally get running away and, hell, probably would have done the same. Having your lifelong bully for whom your personal feelings are rather complex and unclear, attempting to goad you into killing her, especially as a young teenager with all the, you know, young teen poobrain, would be a nightmare.
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I saw that one back in the day, but it's great to see it again. It really captures how much a journey Undertale is. There's not much filler, every place feels real and populated with distinct characters. Not many games pull that off so well (though, appropriately, Journey is one of them.)
The sad thing is that the Undertale geek in me immediately nitpicked the details of the cartoon, then came up with semi-plausible explanations for how they could have happened per the Undertale universe rules.
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i'm dying over this
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We read froooooom Make Backup Computer. to [S.] ==> (Where they introduce Jade's land)
i absolutely could not stop laughing at Vriska falling in love with Nic Cage. Amazing.
i'm...worried about rose. super worried about rose? rose hon please stop conversing with dark gods that's not a good idea please stop
AlterniaBound was super cool!! I really liked all of the sprites, everything was super cute, and TEREZI'S DRAGON ROBE THING OH MY GOD!!!!!!
equius needs to quit being so goddamn horny all the time
UH JADE DOESN'T HAVE A DREAM SELF AND I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT ALL THIS DARK GOD NONSENSE I HATE IT. Her removing all of her reminders was just...man she went from having so much to having nothing in the span of like, an hour. I'm glad Feferi kinda took care of her a bit, or at least tried to calm her down?
Holy fuck the Karkat/Jade memo. KARKAT REALLY DOES HATE HIMSELF DOESNT HE
It's really good, all the memos from this time around were really good.
i cannot believe it took until the middle of 5.2 to get Jade in but we finally did it!! She made it!
OH BOY THIS WHOLE BEC NOIR THING SEEMS REAL FUCKING BAD. Like...Bec was basically a literal god? Karkat seemed to think that it was Jade that pushed Bec in there and that it's John's fault and man. There's a lot of confusion. Vriska is right though when she says that he's already there and that her actions effectively amount to nothing. And Bro and Davesprite are dead as fuck!
Also I'm glad John has his wind powers now. Or, did a wind thing. He did the one thing and I'm proud of him.
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So much great stuff, the Karkat/John/Dave conversation is a definite highpoint.
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John is such a sweet, innocent boy.
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Okay, this was funny, but really:
(I'm doing this from memory so I might end up leaving some things out, but it wasn't that many pages anyway)
BOY THIS WHOLE THING WITH DAVE DOUBLE SERVER-ING SEEMS BAD but they don't really have any other options at the moment? Everything I kinda flip out about usually ends up being nothing though.
So... The only way to go god tier is to have a dream self. Jade already lost hers, Rose is planning a suicide mission with hers, Dave seems to be unwilling to get the job done, and John got tricked into getting himself killed on his quest bed to ascend. This seems fairly dire for the kids! They probably all need to get stronger to even think about fighting Jack!
Seriously fuck Tavros tho, I've turned all the way around on him.
I thiiiiiiink that's it? I don't know if there's anything else I should mention. Lots of cool shit happening! There's a whole secret wizard cult now! It's adorable!
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homestuck is alright
Mostly because what little we did get was fantastic
I like it a lot.
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It just seemed like a good vehicle for emotional exploration and resolution, which is the the thing Homestuck was at it's best when focusing on
Outside of that the mechanics of SBURB aren't very interesting
Further God Tier spoilers
even further on spoilers:
Actually I don't think they're that far yet. Pretty sure it was
http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004949
It was this whole conversation, but I wasn't really happy with how Vriska's thing went down, no.
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Then again, Dave's insecurities don't exactly serve his best interests so it's hard to say if SBURB is being reductionist or actually trying to encourage people to be better
For someone who doesn't think he's a hero he certainly exhibits all the qualities of heroism that matter
That whole thing was a real bad time. And it should have been so happy.
The thing with Vriska reaching God tier is so awkward and I barely know what to think of it other than "just do the fucking thing, kid." But... He ran away instead. Not a big fan of the move but I get it.
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The Vriska thing, I totally get running away and, hell, probably would have done the same. Having your lifelong bully for whom your personal feelings are rather complex and unclear, attempting to goad you into killing her, especially as a young teenager with all the, you know, young teen poobrain, would be a nightmare.